PCI DSS Compliance
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is an information security standard mandated by the card brands and administered by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council.
If you are involved in credit and debit card data processing, storage, acceptance, or transmission then you must be PCI compliant. Being PCI compliant means you need to prove your PCI compliance periodically according to the PCI program of your acquiring banks.
Stay PCI compliant with Paymentwall
Paymentwall is a PCI Level 1 Service Provider which is the highest security level available in the payments industry. We can help to reduce your PCI burden by relying our PCI Level 1 certification. However, you are still required to complete Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ) annually.
Depending on your integration, the type of questionnaire will be different.
| Integration | Description | Questionnaire |
|---|---|---|
| Widget API with credit card payments Checkout API with credit card payments Invoicing API with credit card payments |
Merchants that have fully outsourced all cardholder data functions to Paymentwall. No transmission or storage of cardholder data by the merchant. | SAQ A |
| Brick Direct API with brick.js Mobile SDK with credit card payments |
Merchants which partially outsource payment processing to Paymentwall. No transmission or storage of cardholder data by the merchant. | SAQ A-EP |
| Brick Direct API with onetime token API | All merchants who accept cardholder data on their website and do not meet the criteria of SAQ A, or SAQ A-EP. | SAQ D |